The Lord's My Shepherd

A song for St. Patrick's Day

For a long time now, I’ve associated Psalm 23 with St. Patrick’s day. Because Patrick herded sheep as a slave, supposedly on Mt. Slemish which is not too far from where we live, the imagery of God as Shepherd takes on a new meaning. Perhaps Patrick himself knew this Psalm, and sang it by his own tune, with the landscape of Ireland in his mind.

Beannacht…